Ice jams and models along the Volga river

Ice is one of the leading causes of damage to infrastructure from water factors including flooding, ice blockages and hanging ice: In 2020, The Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet) recorded 1,000 dangerous hydrometeorological phenomena in Russia (97 phenomena more than in 2019), of which 372 phenomena caused significant damage to critical…

What’s hot in Roshydromet?

We start with a summary of the “Report about climate features on the territory of Russian Federation, 2018” published this year by Roshydromet (the Federal service for hydrometeorology and environmental monitoring) which covers the annual temperatures, condition of glaciers, precipitation and CO2 concentration estimated on the territory of Russia during the last year. Annual climate…